Box Score COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs baseball team was riding a five-game win streak into Friday afternoon's battle against Colorado Mesa University. Despite taking a 4-3 lead into the seventh inning, the Mavericks heated up and captured an 11-4 victory.
INSIDE THE MATCH UP
- Final Score: UCCS 4, CMU 11
- Records: UCCS (13-24, 10-11 RMAC) | CMU (27-12, 17-4 RMAC)
- Facility | Location: Mountain Lion Park | Colorado Springs, Colo.
- All-Time Series: UCCS falls to 8-24 all-time versus the Mavericks.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Marko Sipila started Friday evenings game by forcing a flyout, striking out a batter looking, and getting the third out after Evan Steinberger threw out a runner trying to steal second base. UCCS had a quiet first inning, going three-up three-down.
- Sipila produced another clean inning in the second and the Mountain Lions threatened to score first after Caleb Stubbings drew a walk followed by Steinberger who singled to center field. UCCS was unable to score with runners on second and third with one out and would go into the third tied 0-0.
- The Mavericks tacked across the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly and an error in the top of the third inning, but the Mountain Lions responded with a sacrifice fly of their own as Stubbings drove in Hayden Iverson to notched it up at one.
- With two outs in the bottom of the fourth and runners on first and second, Iverson sent one over the right field fence to give UCCS a 4-1 lead heading into the fifth inning. CMU tallied on two more in the top of the fifth, but Sipila kept them from tying it up.
- After a silent bottom of the fifth from the Mountain Lions, Sipila worked himself out of a first and third jam by striking out Kennedy Hara on a sweeping slider to keep UCCS up 4-3.
- The Mavericks fourth time around the lineup saw them heat up as they scored three runs on three hits to take a 6-4 lead in the seventh inning. Jordan Pace came in for relief for CMU and struck out three Mountain Lions in the bottom half of the seventh.
- CMU scored another run in the eighth to go up four (8-4) and UCCS failed to scratch any runs against Pace and were down to their last three outs. The Mavericks added another three runs in the ninth and went on to close it out at 11-4.
GAME STATISTICS
- UCCS was only able to notch five hits in today's contest compared to the Mavericks 10. The five Mountain Lions hits came from Iverson, Kit Wigington, Steinberger, Kasey Campbell, and Dillion Vroman. UCCS was patient in their at bats as they forced six walks in the game.
- The Mountain Lions struggled with runners on base as they left seven stranded.
- Sipila falls to 3-6 on the season but had a very strong outing. He went for six and two third innings, allowing seven hits, five earned runs, four walks, while striking out five.
- CMU starter Liam Hohenstein improves to 5-1 on the season as he threw six innings, allowing two hits, four earned runs, walking six, and striking out four. Pace's relief outing saw him go three scoreless innings while striking out six batters.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- With his home run in the fourth inning, Hayden Iverson is now seventh all-time for home runs in program history with 18. His three RBI's today give him the 10th most in UCCS baseball history.
UP NEXT
- The Mountain Lions look to bounce back versus the Mavericks tomorrow afternoon for a doubleheader starting at 12 p.m. at Mountain Lion Stadium.
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
